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Thursday, August 13, 2009

So Many Books...

I'm absolutely swimming in new books lately. So many recent acquisitions, I really just don't know which book to start reading first. I always find it fascinating to hear how people choose their next book. Some people have very set ideas of what they'd like to accomplish in a month, others swan about between genres and styles. I usually pick up books hoping for a particular emotional response from a book. Here are my choices and maybe you can help me out.

Do I choose from the books I picked up in the library sale? (note, paid £3 for the lot! LOVE library sales)

Un Lun Dun by China MievilleIn Arcadia by Ben OkriShopgirl by Steve MartinThe Way Forward With a Broken Heart by Alice WalkerEspedair Street by Iain BanksDouble Fault by Lionel ShriverThe Other Side of You by Salley VickersMourning Ruby by Helen DunmoreNot the End of the World by Kate AtkinsonLittle Brother by Cory DoctorowGoodbye Tsugumi by Banana Yoshimoto

Or from the charity shops/book swapping website?

When Will There Be Good News? by Kate AtkinsonThe Line of Beauty by Alan HollinghurstLast Chance by Sarah DessenThirteen Reasons Why by Jay AsherNeverwhere by Neil Gaiman

Or the latest books that I've picked up from the library?

We Are Made of Glue by Marina LewyckaCyrano by Geraldine McCaughreanThe City of Ember by Jeanne du PrauBoy Meets Boy by David LevithanThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie BarrowsCertain Girls by Jennifer WeinerMemoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac by Gabrielle Zevin

verity - Yes I have. I've picked up several and finished them since I wrote this post (in advance from earlier this week) but I'm not sure if I'm ready yet to move from YA to some of the other adult books in the pictures. We'll see!

The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst is ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE! I look forward to your review of it, I want to know if share the same opinion! There's also a great BBC miniseries of the same title to go with it.

Make sure you check out the giveaway at my blog, so you can make your book collection even bigger!